Unleashing Authentic Feminine Leadership
A Pan-African gathering where adolescent girls and young women connect, co-create, champion, and celebrate — on their own terms.
“Legacy in Motion: Her Voice, Her Power, Our Future” — GA 2025
A space where girls arrive as themselves, and leave as leaders
The Annual Girls Assembly is a transformative Pan-African platform where adolescent girls and young women engage directly with policy makers to connect, co-create, champion, and celebrate. It is a movement-strengthening strategy that cultivates leadership, strengthens agency, protects autonomy, and amplifies the voices of girls — within a safe, dynamic environment built for them.
Over the past five years, Polycom Girls has convened the Girls Assembly as part of its continued commitment to creating impactful spaces for adolescent girls and young women. Hundreds of participants have shared how the experience left a lasting impact on their confidence, agency, and leadership.
Now entering its sixth edition under the theme “Unleashing Authentic Feminine Leadership,” the Assembly celebrates girls as leaders, innovators, storytellers, and changemakers.
Leadership that looks and feels like them
Six intentions anchor the sixth edition, each one built to help girls grow into leadership that reflects who they truly are.
A gathering of generations, working together
Students, young leaders, and community advocates from diverse backgrounds across the region.
Decision-makers engaging directly with girls in dialogue that shapes real outcomes.
Voices bringing a wider lens to the conversations on girlhood and leadership.
Women guiding intergenerational learning, mentorship, and shared growth.
Four outcomes, one spirit
Every part of the Assembly is designed to deliver on these four commitments.
Strengthening networks, mentorship, and shared experiences that foster belonging and solidarity.
Generating innovative ideas and collaborative solutions that reflect authentic girlhood and leadership.
Building confidence, amplifying voices, and advancing agency in decision-making spaces.
Honoring wellness, identity, resilience, and the diverse journeys of girls as leaders and changemakers.
The FEMinspire Awards
Nominees showcase real initiatives led by girls and young women. Meet them at the showcase space, then help choose the winners through fair, transparent online voting.